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Synonyms for deceive
dɪˈsivde·ceive
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
deceive, lead on, delude, cozenverb
be false to; be dishonest with
Synonyms:
betray, lead astray, cozen, lead on, deludeAntonyms:
undeceivedeceive, betray, lead astrayverb
cause someone to believe an untruth
"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
Synonyms:
cuckold, cheat on, lead astray, misguide, grass, bewray, delude, give away, lead on, betray, shit, stag, shop, cozen, mislead, misdirect, wander, rat, cheat, denounce, tell on, snitch, sell, fail, lead offAntonyms:
undeceive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
deceiveverb
Synonyms:
delude, cheat, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, diddle, beguile, hood-wink, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one's eyes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
deceiveverb
Synonyms:
delude, beguile, mislead, gull, impose upon, dupe, circumvent, hoodwink, bamboozleAntonyms:
undeceive, disillusionize, disabuse
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #343 | shop | |
| #564 | sell | |
| #2636 | fail | |
| #4793 | shit | |
| #5118 | grass | |
| #5910 | rat | |
| #6230 | cheat | |
| #7167 | trick | |
| #7585 | fool | |
| #15599 | stag | |
| #16122 | gull | |
| #17542 | wander | |
| #21860 | cuckold | |
| #30329 | deceive | |
| #31211 | disappoint | |
| #33891 | circumvent | |
| #34065 | mislead | |
| #37100 | betray | |
| #40292 | denounce | |
| #46000 | dupe | |
| #49972 | defraud | |
| #61869 | snitch | |
| #104699 | delude | |
| #126145 | entrap | |
| #145095 | beguile | |
| #145312 | misguide | |
| #149524 | ensnare | |
| #182589 | cozen | |
| #189189 | bewray | |
| #203469 | hoodwink | |
| #232391 | misdirect |
How to use deceive in a sentence?
To me dreams are part of nature, which harbors no intention to deceive but expresses something as best it can.
The latest tape has at least 20 substantial and unexplained edits. Previous tapes released by this extremist group were heavily edited in order to distort what the people on the tapes actually said, these videos are intended to shock and deceive the public. For example, one video was edited to make it look like a doctor said she would.
You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.
We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.
This election process is nothing more than a ploy to deceive the common people ... for satisfying the ego of a limited number of sham politicians.
Translations for deceive
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- خدعArabic
- измамвам, мамяBulgarian
- decebreCatalan, Valencian
- klamat, oklamatCzech
- snydeDanish
- täuschen, betrügenGerman
- εξαπατώGreek
- trompiEsperanto
- burlar, engañarSpanish
- johtaa harhaan, huijata, pettääFinnish
- tromper, leurrerFrench
- meallScottish Gaelic
- לרמותHebrew
- becsap, megtéveszt, átverHungarian
- մոլորեցնել, խաբելArmenian
- ingannareItalian
- להטעותHebrew
- 騙す, 欺くJapanese
- decipio, mentiorLatin
- klaidintiLithuanian
- apmānīt, maldinātLatvian
- misleiden, bedriegenDutch
- bedraNorwegian
- enganarPortuguese
- înșela, amăgiRomanian
- обмануть, обманыватьRussian
- nasamarívati, nasamáritiSerbo-Croatian
- bedraSwedish
- دھوکہ دیناUrdu
- lừa dốiVietnamese
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